Palenc
Palenc ( Sorbian for schnapps ) is the name of a popular Sorbian drinking song that is sung on many occasions. The first stanza of this folk song can be found under the title "Reason to Drink" in the first volume of the folk songs of the Wends in Upper and Lower Lusatia by Leopold Haupt and Johann Ernst Schmaler , published in 1841 .
There are several different versions of the text of the fourth stanza; Occasionally other stanzas are sung, for example Łužica, Łužica, ta dyrbi serbska być (“The Lausitz , the Lausitz, they must be Sorbian”). Several different interpretations of "Palenc" have been released on phonograms.
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Upper Sorbian:
Palenc, palenc, tón dyrbi pity być!
Hdyž ja nimam palenca, to mje boli wutroba.
Palenc, palenc, tón dyrbi pity być!
Piwo, piwo, te dyrbi pite być!
Hdyž ja nimam piwo dosć, to mi njem'ža mocy rosć.
Piwo, piwo, te dyrbi pite być!
Winko, winko, te pił je hnadny knjez.
Nětk smy knjeza wuhnali, winko sami wupili.
Winko, winko nětk pije cyła wjes.
Holčka, holčka, ta dyrbi luba być!
Hdyž yes nimam holčičku, to mam zrudnu wutrobu.
Holčka, holčka, ta dyrbi luba być!
Analogous translation:
The schnapps, the schnapps, must be drunk!
My heart aches when I don't have schnapps.
The schnapps, the schnapps, must be drunk!
The beer, the beer, it has to be drunk!
If I don't have enough beer, my strength cannot grow.
The beer, the beer, it has to be drunk!
The gentleman drank the wine, the wine.
Now we've chased away the gentleman and we drink him ourselves.
The wine, the wine, now the whole village drinks him.
The girl, the girl, it must be lovely!
When I don't have a girl my heart is sad.
The girl, the girl, it must be lovely!
Lower Sorbian / Dolnoserbšćina:
Paleńc, paleńc, ten musy pity byś!
(Daj mě hyšći jaden)
Paleńc, paleńc, ten musy pity byś!
Gaž ja njamam paleńca, mě ga bóli wutšoba.
Paleńc, paleńc, ten musy pity byś!
Piwo, piwo, to musy pite byś!
(Daj mě hyšći jadno)
Piwo, piwo, to musy pite byś!
Gaž ja njamam piwa dosć njamógu mě mócy rosć.
Piwo, piwo, to musy pite byś!
Winko, winko, to pił jo gnadny kněz.
Winko, winko, to pił jo gnadny kněz.
Něnt smy kněza wugnali, winko sami wupili.
Winko, winko, to pił jo gnadny kněz.
Źowćko, źowćko, to musy lube byś!
Źowćko, źowćko, to musy lube byś!
Gaž ja njamam źowcycku, to mam tužnu wutšobu.
Źowćko, źowćko, to musy lube byś!
Łužyca, Łužyca, ta musy serbska byś!
Łužyca, Łužyca, ta musy serbska byś!
Gaź ja njamam Łužycu,
to ja randalěruju!
Łužyca, Łužyca, ta musy serbska byś!
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leopold Haupt , Johann Ernst Schmaler (Ed.): Folksongs of the Wends in Upper Lusatia (= Folksongs of the Wends in Upper and Lower Lusatia . First part). JM Gebhardt, Grimma 1841, p. 309 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Dolna Łužyca spiwa . Domowina-Verlag , Bautzen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7420-2079-6 , pp. 50 (Lower Sorbian).